Case studies
The case studies are divided into two main areas:
Classroom practice - these provide examples of how teachers from a range of schools have planned and implemented quality technology units. They include projects from year 1 to year 13.
Technologists' practice - these are excellent classroom resources for teachers to use as examples of products, processes, and problem solving in technological practice – celebrating innovation.
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Useful resources to explore sustainability in the fashion industry
Find links to topics and resources for exploring sustainability in the fashion industry.
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Food processing for local, national, and international markets
This collection of videos compares three businesses in Gisborne, illustrating similarities and differences in food processing for a local, a national, and an international market.
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St Peter's College: Strategies for improvement in years 7–13
St Peter's College technology teachers work on ways to help students succeed.
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A dairy farm as a technological system
As part of a year-long focus on technological systems, Andrea Robertson at Silverstream (South) Primary School explores dairy farms with her year 3–4 class.
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Tracking learning progression and curriculum coverage across a school
How to track students’ learning when multiple staff are responsible for teaching technology and only some of the components are being taught each year.
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Night-lights as technological systems
Year 3–4 students plan and make nightlights within the second of three units focused on technological systems.
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Developing eco-friendly fabrics
Wool waste, rice straw waste, and eco-friendly dyeing are under the microscope as New Zealand researchers, designers, and companies look to create new and more sustainable textiles. Staff and students at Massey University’s textile design programme are at the cutting edge of such developments.
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Design and visual communication: Expect great things
Design and visual communication (DVC) is very popular at Onslow College – and this popularity is due to a culture of high expectations and high achievement fostered by DVC duo Ron van Musscher and Emily Barnes.
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Raising achievement in years 7–10 technology
The technology department at St Peter's College in Gore have worked together for the last four years to achieve a coordinated approach to local curriculum implementation.
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Understanding technological systems: Modular field camp system
Gisborne based geophysicist and project manager Barry McLaughlin has designed an efficient modular field camp system for use by oil and gas exploration teams in remote areas of Papua New Guinea.